# Amputations at Publix Super Markets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098117` · 9/3/2023 · DACULA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets, Inc.
- **Location:** 445 Hurricane Trail, DACULA, GEORGIA, 30019
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 3, 2023, an employee was walking the line and heard a noise coming from a conveyor. He went to check the tension when his glove got caught on the sprocket on the tensioner and his left hand was pulled into the machine. The tip of his thumb was amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*